Testimony of the Sonnets as to the Authorship of the Shakespearean Plays and Poems

ng discussion, as it appe

ry probable that he was the friend or patron around whom

Sonnets seem blind, or obviously false or inaccurate, that many have been led to the inference of conceits, affectations, imitations, or hidden meani

bent or a talent for rhyming or for poetry, an early and persistent tradition and the inscription over his grave indicate. A

at unknown which, flowing into Shakespeare's work, comprises all, or nearly all of it which the world treasures or cares to remember. I would not dispute any claim made for Shakespeare for dramatic as distinguished from poetic talent, for wit, or comely or captivating graces. The case is a

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